TEMPE – Sun Devil Athletics earned a new all-time high of 93 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for its student-athletes, announced by the NCAA on Wednesday.
Sun Devil Athletics has either maintained or surpassed its all-time best GSR every year since 2008 and is third in the Pac-12 Conference. Thirteen teams posted GSR scores at 100 percent, which is the most Arizona State has had at 100. Those teams are men's and women's basketball, beach volleyball, men's and women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, water polo and wrestling.
"Despite the rapidly changing times in college athletics, at the core of the Sun Devil Athletics mission will always be the student-athlete experience. The Graduation Success Rate is a critical measurement of this commitment. Once again, our student-athletes have graduated at an all-time high, with a 93% GSR." said Jean Boyd, Deputy Athletic Director, Sun Devil Athletics. "The ecosystem of our coaches, the great Office of Student Athlete Development led by Andrea Lore, the faculty, and the university at large set the stage, and our student-athletes continue to deliver high academic performance. Empowering student-athletes to advance their minds and mindsets as future leaders in sport, in medicine, in teaching, in the arts, and many other career paths is a privilege and responsibility we hold in the highest regard."
Sun Devil Athletics' GSR has risen 24 percent since the metric was first introduced by the NCAA in 2005 and ASU set a new goal of 90 percent after surpassing its original goal of 80 percent in 2012.
ASU had an 87 percent GSR of African-American student-athletes, the third year in a row with at least 87 percent. African-American women are 94 percent. African-American men are 85 percent. Among women student-athletes, GSR is 96 percent, their sixth year in a row at 95 percent or better, while among men it's 89 percent, matching the all-time high for the third year in a row.
Women's tennis continued 15 consecutive years in which they've recorded 100 percent GSR. Men's basketball, gymnastics and women's swimming and diving all reached 100 percent GSR for the sixth-straight year. Women's basketball earned 100 percent for the fifth year in a row. Women's golf and lacrosse both earned 100 percent GSR for their third year in a row. A few teams reached 100 percent for the first time: wrestling and soccer. Additionally, two teams got back to 100 percent with men's golf back for the first time in nine years and water polo at 100 for the first time in five years. Beach volleyball reported for the first time and started out strong at 100.
GSR is the NCAA's primary tool for measuring academic success in Division I athletics and, unlike the federal government's methodology, accounts for student-athlete transfers from one institution to another. It's designed to show the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree.
This is the 31st release of institutional graduation rates since national "right-to-know" legislation was passed in 1990. In 2005, the NCAA DI Committee on Academic Performance released the first set of GSR data.
Sun Devil Athletics has either maintained or surpassed its all-time best GSR every year since 2008 and is third in the Pac-12 Conference. Thirteen teams posted GSR scores at 100 percent, which is the most Arizona State has had at 100. Those teams are men's and women's basketball, beach volleyball, men's and women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, water polo and wrestling.
"Despite the rapidly changing times in college athletics, at the core of the Sun Devil Athletics mission will always be the student-athlete experience. The Graduation Success Rate is a critical measurement of this commitment. Once again, our student-athletes have graduated at an all-time high, with a 93% GSR." said Jean Boyd, Deputy Athletic Director, Sun Devil Athletics. "The ecosystem of our coaches, the great Office of Student Athlete Development led by Andrea Lore, the faculty, and the university at large set the stage, and our student-athletes continue to deliver high academic performance. Empowering student-athletes to advance their minds and mindsets as future leaders in sport, in medicine, in teaching, in the arts, and many other career paths is a privilege and responsibility we hold in the highest regard."
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Sun Devil Athletics' GSR has risen 24 percent since the metric was first introduced by the NCAA in 2005 and ASU set a new goal of 90 percent after surpassing its original goal of 80 percent in 2012.
ASU had an 87 percent GSR of African-American student-athletes, the third year in a row with at least 87 percent. African-American women are 94 percent. African-American men are 85 percent. Among women student-athletes, GSR is 96 percent, their sixth year in a row at 95 percent or better, while among men it's 89 percent, matching the all-time high for the third year in a row.
Women's tennis continued 15 consecutive years in which they've recorded 100 percent GSR. Men's basketball, gymnastics and women's swimming and diving all reached 100 percent GSR for the sixth-straight year. Women's basketball earned 100 percent for the fifth year in a row. Women's golf and lacrosse both earned 100 percent GSR for their third year in a row. A few teams reached 100 percent for the first time: wrestling and soccer. Additionally, two teams got back to 100 percent with men's golf back for the first time in nine years and water polo at 100 for the first time in five years. Beach volleyball reported for the first time and started out strong at 100.
GSR is the NCAA's primary tool for measuring academic success in Division I athletics and, unlike the federal government's methodology, accounts for student-athlete transfers from one institution to another. It's designed to show the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree.
This is the 31st release of institutional graduation rates since national "right-to-know" legislation was passed in 1990. In 2005, the NCAA DI Committee on Academic Performance released the first set of GSR data.